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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 961 different votes 1,013 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
9 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 20 No
Transport 7% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
51 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 93 shared votes
44 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Oct 2022
Tax
No
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 11 Jul 2022
Transport
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
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